Genesis 12:13

Say, now, thou art my achot; that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my nefesh shall live on account of thee.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

In Context

12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his isha; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

14And it came to pass, that, when Avram was come into Mitzrayim, the Egyptians beheld the isha that she was yafeh me'od.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:2And Avraham said of Sarah his isha, She is my achot; and Avimelech Melech Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:12And yet indeed she is my achot; she is the bat avi, but not the bat immi; and she became my isha.

Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, 1 nor in the ben adam, in whom there is no teshuah (salvation). 1

Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Hashem: 1 Arur (cursed) be the gever that trusteth in adam, 1 and maketh basar his zero'a, 1 and whose lev turneth away from Hashem. 1

Matthew 26:69Now Kefa was sitting outside in the courtyard. And one maid approached Kefa, saying, And you were with Yehoshua of the Galil!

Romans 3:6Chas v'shalom! (G-d forbid!) For then how could Hashem be HaShofet kol ha'Aretz? + 3:6 Gn 18:25

Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:11-14

Abram's Removal into Egypt. ( b. c. 1920.) 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee,… Read the whole commentary →

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